Simon Jenkins

Smart Casual, @sheffieldunited (91/92 - 82 of 'em with Sheff Utd) & @Saints1890, drummer, half of @FromTheHiveUK podcast, FA Registered Football Agent.

[Simon Jenkins @FLC1889]

Thanks to @SheffieldStar for publicising my story behind why I'm doing this year's @Great_Run for @MindCharity in memory of @StephenClifton2

Please have a read if you can, & if you'd like to donate then you can do so here:

https://t.co/ogN73PCqY1

[The Star, Sheffield @SheffieldStar]

This photo was taken at Bramall Lane on the day Stephen died. His friend is determined to get more men speaking about their mental health https://t.co/oAOZGcf2aX

[FOOTBALL ITALIA @FutbolShIrTALIA]

Sampdoria - Serie B
Absolute passion

[Simon Jenkins @FLC1889]

@Mr_55p Exactly mate!

It's a hobby ffs, as long as the person doing it is enjoying it, who gives a flying about some rules made up in someone else's head?!

[Simon Jenkins @FLC1889]

@JoshB_HCAFC @secondtierpod It's £36 to £41 for home fans. Pretty much the same.

& the £36 tickets are on the Kop, which has a worse view & worse facilities than the away end (not that I agree with those prices, 'cause I don't, but that's the scenario, & why it's slightly cheaper on the Kop).

[Simon Jenkins @FLC1889]

@Paul_Whincup @secondtierpod Should be a cap like in the Prem, £30 max for away tickets in EFL (probably should be £25, but £30 would be fair enough for Championship).

Problem is, there's that much money in the Prem that they can absorb the 'lost' revenue much easier.

[Simon Jenkins @FLC1889]

@AshbourneJEA @SUFCServices To be fair, it's always on the website at least the day before they go on sale, so I just check website every day when I'm waiting for the ticket news.

Obviously they should tweet it at same time instead of 2 days later, but website is always best place to check.

[Simon Jenkins @FLC1889]

@AshbourneJEA @SUFCServices It's not sold out, they just haven't put the next batch online as available.

[Simon Jenkins @FLC1889]

@Ojbb_ @kevg1889 Tanganga kicked the ball into the advertising boards, it's bounced back & accidentally bounced straight into a Cov player. Cov player not impressed, Tanganga saying it was accident (which it was). Handbags really.

[A Funny Old Game @sid_lambert]

This Sheffield United shitpinger at Portman Road is 32 years old today.

Lots to appreciate here:

⛸ Pitch like an ice rink
🥅 King-size goal nets
⚽️ Franz Carr firing live rounds

What a time to be alive.

[CammyScott @CammyCSH]

Lampost 1-0 Wendy fan #twitterblades #sufc #swfc

[Second Tier podcast @secondtierpod]

Sheffield Wednesday's February relegation to League One is the earliest in English league history.

[Colin Millar @Millar_Colin]

Can't imagine any group of people being explicitly banned by a business which wouldn't cause mass condemnation but football fans are fair game and are guilty until proven innocent in the minds of people stuck in a class stereotype that has been outdated in the UK since the 1980s.

[Simon Jenkins @FLC1889]

@SordidaHenricus @henrywinter Yet it's actually much better than the really pointless & boring friendlies that the NL replaced.

In many ways the NL is a series of glorified friendlies. But at least they have an element of competitiveness, & the intrigue of promotion/relegation.

[Simon Jenkins @FLC1889]

@wobbs1962 @pfcleon @Pompey Thanks for the update. Hoping the pitch holds up....... no offence but Pompey away on a Saturday is much more preferable to Pompey away on a Tuesday!

[Simon Jenkins @FLC1889]

@jep_draper @thecherries @henrywinter But there really isn't for situations like this.

This is not the same as club football, or international tournaments, where touts operate freely & tickets change hands amongst fans.

[Simon Jenkins @FLC1889]

@jep_draper @thecherries @henrywinter & 'having an English mate' really makes no difference!

Have to be a vetted ESTC member to get away tickets. Away games like this are always oversubscribed for England fans, it's become really difficult for England fans to get tickets for away games, nevermind Croatians!

[Simon Jenkins @FLC1889]

@jep_draper @thecherries @henrywinter Away tickets have to be collected in the host city with photo ID. No England fan is spending time & money to travel to an away game to collect their ticket, just to sell it on to a home fan.

Also increasingly seeing ID checks at turnstiles to prove name on ticket matches ID.

[Simon Jenkins @FLC1889]

@jep_draper @thecherries @henrywinter Away tickets for England games are only available through the travel club, so it would be virtually impossible for a Croatian to get a ticket in the away end

[Simon Jenkins @FLC1889]

@wobbs1962 @pfcleon @Pompey Yeah, I was planning in heading down today & stay over, but cancelled plans just in case. But still gonna be leaving at 7am tomorrow if not postponed today!

[Simon Jenkins @FLC1889]

If Southampton & West Brom win in the FA Cup this weekend, any possibility of Norwich v Blades getting brought forward from Tuesday 10th March to Saturday 7th March?

[Scotty @arghkid]

Euro ’96 feels like yesterday… but it’s now as far from today as ’66 was from ’96.

Yes, you're old.